English Explanatory Dictionary

desuete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Disused; out of use.

Word forms

desuete more desuete most desuete

Etymology

Probably via Italian, from Latin dēsuētus (“unused”), past participle of dēsuēscō (“to disuse”), from dē- + suēscō (“to make use of”).

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